A petrol station which illegally opened for 24 hours for four months has been granted temporary longer opening hours.

Rontect (Watford) Ltd which owns the petrol station in Finchampstead Road had applied to stay open one hour later until 11pm from Monday to Saturday, and three hours longer on Sundays from 7.30am to 10.30pm.

The station is currently open from 9am to 9pm on Sunday.

Speaking at the borough’s planning committee on Wednesday, August 21, neighbour Richard Head said: “Less than two per cent additional vehicles will pass through the site [with the longer hours].

“Is that significant enough to disturb the sleep of the neighbours?”

The company had previously applied to open for 24 hours a day and then between 6am and midnight daily after the first application was refused.